Unwanted Words: Recent Episodes
Ryan Estrada
I answer my spam. I'm artist, author and adventurer Ryan Estrada and for one year, I read and responded to every message in my spambox just to see what would happen. I encouraged others to do so as well. What followed was comedy, tragedy, true crime, and numerous other genres. I got inducted into the illuminati. I co-wrote a musical. I ventured into the Tony-verse. Then I made a show about it.
And now for something a little different. This is part one of our two part documentary series that turns from fun with spam to a true crime investigation. When Kane Lynch checked his Facebook Other Messages Folder, he found a message from a mysterious long-lost relative. That's the beginning to most of the most common and dangerous internet scams out there, but Kane decided to reply. From audio recored by Avery Trufelman (99% Invisible, Articles of Interest)
Is it possible to co-write a Disney musical with a domain scammer without them noticing? I'm joined by special guest stars Chris Houghton, Shane Houghton, and Marieve Herington (Big City Greens), Paul Bae (The Black Tapes) and musicians Trisha Laya, Angelique Lazarus, Cheyne Kohl, and Conor Doran. Plus a very special surprise guest.
After convincing award winning, bestselling author Ryan North to check his spam, we hatched a plot to spend months planning the best possible birthday surprise for a complete stranger. We took her into the Tony-verse. And became best friends.